S.Amdt. 4098

SA 4098. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1277. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT
THE ARMS TRADE TREATY.

(a) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended to sustain a domestic prosecution based
on any charge related to the Arms Trade Treaty, to make
assessed payments for the Treaty's Conference of States
Parties or to meet in any other way expenses sustained by the
Treaty Secretariat, to make voluntary contributions to any
international organization or foreign nation for any purpose
related to attendance at the Conference, or to implement the
Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution advising and
consenting to ratification of the Treaty and there is enacted
legislation implementing the Treaty.
(2) Exceptions.--The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not
apply to a United States delegation attending the Treaty's
Conference of State Parties, subsidiary bodies, or
extraordinary meetings, or to the payment, to entities other
than the Treaty Secretariat, of an attendance fee towards the
cost of preparing and holding the Conference of State
Parties, or subsidiary body meeting as applicable.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preclude the Department of Defense from
assisting foreign countries in bringing their laws,
regulations, and practices related to export control up to
United States standards.
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